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1. KathrynH on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 9:57 am

   How would life be different if you lived fully aware of the Holy Spirit’s activity in your life?…I want to believe that if I had really known Him and lived with Him in my heart I wouldn’t have had to make the mistakes I made searching for love and freedom…Can He use my story? If I let Him. One way He is using me right now is when I was young and lost, I used to write poetry. Someone very dear to me asked me why I wasted my time and it hurt so deeply I stopped writing and threw it all away. A couple of years ago, shortly after I started to feel God calling me deeper, He gifted me with words again. Sometimes He whispers in my heart to share my words with x or y person. I almost always argue with Him, but then in the end share, trusting that He has it covered. People ask to use those words in turn and I always tell them they are God’s words, not mine. So I praise God and thank Him for this. I have a feeling though He is calling me bigger than that and so He and I are back to arguing about it!! lol!! I am such a stubborn child of God. But my heart cannot bear breaking.

   
   
   
2. Ellen on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 1:37 pm

   Just finished chapter six….it spoke to my heart and soul. Max Lacados book “Before Amen” and your online bible study opened my eyes to prayer….here is my prayer from your beautiful chapter. Thank you Tracie and Max!
   Father you are good, the Great I AM,
   I need help, teach me how to see life with the eyes of my heart, not my head, teach me to listen for your quietest holy whispers, with my spiritual ears.
   Show me through Your Word how to discern right and wrong, to live my life according to Your Word. To make decisions that line up with Your word….and to know when You call me to move in an area of my life….
   In Jesus Name…. Amen
   But I like the idea of keeping communication open all day….hard to eliminate ” the Amen”

   
   
   
3. Tammy Barnard on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 4:49 pm

   Oh happy Monday, week 2 ladies,
   I think I may have already said this, but I have already read through the entire book, and now in the process of highlighting and outlining each chapter. What a blessing this book is? I am still fighting the image in the mirror, and I really don’t know what my “maybe” or “if only I were” sentence would include. I know this to be an absolute truth. I AM A SURVIVOR> of many things. If God can use that, then OK. If He wants me to continue making McAlister’s tea for people, then I’m OK with that, too. Thank you Tracie. I feel like I’ve known you my whole life. Is that odd? Have a very blessed week~~

   
   
   
4. Susie on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 6:04 pm

   As I listened to the first welcome video from Tracie and the other women I caught myself having a hard time breathing, and realized that I was starting to have a panic attack! This shocked me, and so I started to pray about it. What I realized was through this Bible Study I was going to find out what God wanted me to do, and that I might not want to hear what that was. Having been abused by men all my life, and God being a male figure, made me shrink back, and think that He was going to give me a walk with Him that would require me to abandon the only things that kept me sane, other than having Jesus by my side always. I am unequally yoked, and my husband has a life that I want no part of. I felt that God would ask me to stay and endure the addictions that he has, and after 34 years I am just wanting to escape. But… after praying and confessing, I realized that if God wants me to stay He has a reason, and mine is not to doubt, but to trust. I watched Tracie’s video today, and there were no anxiety attacks, and God has faithfully brought me through a giant hurdle. Praise God for His mercy for a hard headed person like me!

   
   
   
   • Leah DiPascal on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 9:54 pm

     Susie, that’s wonderful news that you didn’t have an anxiety attack and we are celebrating what God is accomplishing through you! Stay in God’s Word and continue to trust Him in the process. God’s love and peace will remove all your fears.

     
     
     
5. Sherri on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 7:45 pm

   I am really struggling to believe that I am who God says I am… But I am hopeful that through this study I will be able to see who God sees when I look in the mirror. A loved, forgiven and precious daughter of God. I have been a Christian for a good part of my adult life… and God has helped me thru many tough situations but I feel like this is a time in my life when He is wanting to do a new thing in my life….starting with me really believing and understanding his unconditional love and forgiveness for me.

   
   
   
6. Tracy on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 8:47 pm

   When I look in the mirror who do I see? I definitely have a better view now than I did a year ago. When i look in the mirror I initially see a very scared, dirty, unlovable, despicable person in rags; shredded rags but I slowly see her changing to a cleaner more respectable woman “cleaned up” by a ever loving God who has welcomed his daughter home! Although my vision of myself is changing I still feel like a victim; very meek unable to stand up for myself and stand firm on the truth I know so well that God is redeeming me , healing me, tearing down walls that have been up for many many years!! He has set me free yet I return to my cell to often as a uncomfortable but familiar place. I long for total and complete freedom from the lies the enemy has brain washed me with a majority of my life!

   
   
   
7. Christy B on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 11:49 pm

   I want to start by saying thank you for all the prayers from my not I left at like 3 this morning. I have felt your prayers all day. Thank you.
   I have been a Christian all my life, only was being angry with God. I am not angry with him anymore. I am really trying hard to see me the way he does. I do know that deep down I am a good person, I really need to not worry about what others think of me. It is hard, as when something goes wrong they all use my past against me and I am the one who gets out casted. It does than make it look like I am the problem. I have to stop worrying about them and keep it on God. He loves me and I love him. I know God sees me as a beautiful loving, kind, giving woman. I know that he is right and I will keep working on my heart in believing that it is true.
   I need help in having friends. I don’t have any and I just go through daily motions. Shopping for food other than that I am home alone. I do attend a church and am branching out with all activities. I know that it will all change. I am valuable to him,

   
   
   
   • Susie on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 2:06 am

     Christy… if you feel that you could start to trust a stranger, I would like to get to know you. I only have a few friends due to my health and issues at home, so I know what it is like to not have friends. I don’t want you to feel you have to try this, as I know how scary it can be to befriend someone you haven’t even seen. Either way I will keep you in my prayers. God Bless Susie 🙂

     
     
     
8. Maureen on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 3:45 pm

   I know this is not the place to do this, but I have no other ideas how to get back in the study…can you please get my email address back on the list for this Bible study. I did not get the lesson for week 2 in my email, and really want to have it for my studies. I am not good with computers, and do not have a smart phone, and struggle to figure out what to do. I think I rejoined, but will still be without week 2, and I get on the computer daily to recheck the lesson as I go. I pray this won’t cause any problems, but please email me if I need to do something t get your study back. I am so thankful for your willingness to do this, as my shame was very bad, and you are helping me understand so much more.

   
   
   
9. Melissa on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 4:31 pm

   I believe that God can use everyone’s story to help others and to show His glory and love. We all have a unique experience and we can all learn from each other. We just have to be willing to share our story with others. We may never know who we help, but, the important thing is to know God is shining through us. 🙂

   
   
   
10. D Garrison on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 6:14 pm

    Tracie, I want to tell you how much I appreciate your highlighting key points from the videos. It helps me recognize points to watch for as I view. I have been blessed beyond measure with the tweets you provide. Every one of them this week sent a wave of affirmation and encouragement over my soul. I hope everyone will meditate on the beautiful and encouraging truths they contain. They could not have come at a better time for me. Thank you so much for this study.

    
    
    
11. Sharon C. on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 7:20 pm

    Everyone has verbalized their thoughts to the questions so good. It’s hard for me to come up with the words to express those feelings in a positive way. Looking in the mirror I see what I look and feel like and then try to see the opposite the way God sees me. I wasn’t a Christian growing up or in a Christian family so I never felt the love I needed. I’ve always wanted to fit in or belong and have struggled with that. If I had known how great God’s love was I know I wouldn’t have made the mistakes I made. The maybe question is that if God had given me Christian parents that showed loved to me I wouldn’t have had to try to find it as they say in all the wrong places. I could never love myself so how could God or anyone else. Everyone has a story that is all theirs’. You never know who can be helped by hearing your story. They say everything happens for a reason. Being a woman of God, being loved, and valuable to Him is what I want. To stop dwelling on the past and forgive myself the way God has forgiven me. I want to feel precious no matter what – no strings attached. I want that unconditional love that He gives.

    
    
    
12. Theresa Cloe on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    When I look in the mirror, I see a woman with a few wrinkles here and there and some gray hair showing. Someone who smiles only when it is heart-felt and only because I know God loves me and I am valuable to Him.

    
    
    
13. Angela on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 5:51 pm

    Can’t view the video. Keeps saying error occurred. Try again later.